Task-based Learning Vocabulary Activities for Fourth Grade
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2023
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PUCE - Quito
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Developing speaking skills has been one of the most difficult challenges for students, especially for children due to a lack of vocabulary when they want to express or answer any question. Students struggle to say what they think or give ideas due to their lacking vocabulary, as words taught in classrooms are not put in context in a real-life situation it makes the acquisition of said. On the contrary, vocabulary is taught in isolation where words are learned mostly by writing. The aim of this study is to demonstrate the effectiveness of task-based learning activities in fourth graders in learning vocabulary and acquiring the ability to produce it orally. For this reason, the need has arisen to apply and evaluate a task-based learning teaching approach that gives students the opportunity to work in a natural environment using different activities. This study uses qualitative andquantitative methods to evaluate pretest and posttest vocabulary, students' oral production and a final survey to know the children's opinions about the activities performed in class. Students consolidate their activity by working in groups. Results show that in the vocabulary posttest that most of the students mastered the required learning; only one student is close in achieving the required task; demonstrating great progress. Besides, in oral production, they use varied vocabulary to express opinions, preferences and ideas. They were fluent and confident; their intonation was clear, and theirmisuse of grammar was better than before.
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Lenguaje y lenguas – Gramática, Pronunciación, Reconocimiento de palabras